431 ahadith in this chapter, page 1 of 44
Hadith No: 1
Narrated/Authority of Yahya bin Yamur
Narrated/Authority of Yahya bin Yamur
that the
first man who discussed about Qadr (Divine Decree) in Basra
was Mabad al-Juhani. I along with Humaid bin Abdur-Rahman
Himyari set out for prilgrimage or for Umrah and said: Should
it so happen that we come into contact with one of the
Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) we
shall ask him a bout what is talked about Taqdir (Division
Decree). Accidentally we came across Abdullah ibn Umar ibn
al-Khattab, while he was entering the mosque. My companion and
I surrounded him. One of us (stood) on his right and the other
stood on his left. I expected that my companion would
authorize me to speak. I therefore said: Abu Abdur Rahman!
there have appeared some people in our land who recite the
Holy Quran and pursue knowledge. And then after talking about
their affairs, added: They (such people) claim that there is
no such thing as Divine Decree and events are not predestined.
He (Abdullah ibn Umar) said: When you happen to meet such
people tell them that I have nothing to do with them and they
have nothing to do with me. And verily they are in no way
responsible for my (belief). Abdullah ibn Umar swore by Him
(the Lord) (and said): If any one of them (who does not
believe in the Divine Decree) had with him gold equal to the
bulk of (the mountain) Uhud and then, it (in the way of
Allah), Allah would not accept it unless he affirmed his faith
in Divine Decree. He further said: My father, Umar ibn
al-Khattab, told me: One day we were sitting in the company of
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) when there appeared before
us a man dressed in pure white clothes, his hair
extraordinarily black. There were no signs of travel on him.
None amongst us recognized him. At last he sat with the
Apostle (peace be upon him) He knelt before him placed his palms on his thighs and said: Muhammad, inform me about
al-Islam. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
Al-Islam implies that you testify that there is no god but
Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and you
establish prayer, pay Zakat, observe the fast of Ramadan, and
perform pilgrimage to the (House) if you are solvent enough
(to bear the expense of) the journey. He (the inquirer) said:
You have told the truth. He (Umar ibn al-Khattab) said: It
amazed us that he would put the question and then he would
himself verify the truth. He (the inquirer) said: Inform me
about Iman (faith). He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you
affirm your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His Books, in
His Apostles, in the Day of Judgment, and you affirm your
faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil. He (the
inquirer) said: You have told the truth. He (the inquirer)
again said: Inform me about al?Ihsan (performance of good
deeds). He (the Holy Prophet) said: That you worship Allah as
if you are seeing Him, for though you don't see Him, He,
verily, sees you. He (the enquirer) again said: Inform me
about the hour (of the Doom). He (the Holy Prophet) remarked:
One who is asked knows no more than the one who is inquiring
(about it). He (the inquirer) said: Tell me some of its
indications. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That the slave-girl
will give birth to her mistress and master, that you will find
barefooted, destitute goat-herds vying with one another in the
construction of magnificent buildings. He (the narrator, Umar
ibn al-Khattab) said: Then he (the inquirer) went on his way
but I stayed with him (the Holy Prophet) for a long while. He
then, said to me: Umar, do you know who this inquirer was? I
replied: Allah and His Apostle knows best. He (the Holy
Prophet) remarked: He was Gabriel (the angel). He came to you
in order to instruct you in matters of religion.
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Hadith No: 2
Narrated/Authority of Yahya bin Yamur
Narrated/Authority of Yahya bin Yamur
that when
Mabad discussed the problem pertaining to Divine Decree, we
refuted that. He (the narrator) said: I and Humaid bin
Abdur-Rahman Himyari argued. And they carried on the
conversation about the purport of the hadith related by Kahmas
and its chain of transmission too, and there is some variation
of words.
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Hadith No: 3
Narrated/Authority of Yahya bin Yamur
Narrated/Authority of Yahya bin Yamur
and Humaid
bin Abdur-Rahman that they said: We met Abdullah bin Umar and
we discussed about the Divine Decree, and what they talked
about it and he narrated the hadith that has been transmitted
by Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Apostle (may
peace be upon him). There is a slight variation in that.
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Hadith No: 4
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
One day the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) appeared before the public that a man came
to him and said: Prophet of Allah, (tell me) what is Iman.
Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you affirm your
faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting, His
Messengers and that you affirm your faith in the Resurrection
hereafter. He (again) said: Messenger of Allah, (tell me) what
does al-Islam signify. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Al-Islam
signifies that you worship Allah and do not associate anything
with Him and you establish obligatory prayer and you pay the
obligatory poor-rate (Zakat) and you observe the fast of
Ramadan. He (the inquirer) again said: Messenger of Allah,
what does al-Ihsan imply? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That
you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, and in case you
fail to see Him, then observe prayer (with this idea in your
mind) that (at least) He is seeing you. He (the inquirer)
again said: Messenger of Allah, when would there be the hour
(of Doom)? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: The one who is asked
about it is no better informed than the inquirer. I, however,
narrate some of its signs (and these are): when the slave girl
will give birth to he master, when the naked, barefooted would
become the chiefs of the people, these are some of the signs
of (Doom). (Moreover) when the shepherds of the black (camels)
would exult themselves in buildings, this is one of the signs
of (Doom). (Doom) is one of the five (happenings wrapped in
the unseen) which no one knows but Allah. Then he (the
Messenger of Allah) recited (the verse):"Verily Allah! with
Him alone is the knowledge of the hour and He it is Who sends
(down the rain) and knows that which is in the wombs and no
person knows whatsoever he shall earn tomorrow, and a person
knows not in whatsoever land he shall die. Verily Allah is
Knowing, Aware. He (the narrator, Abu Huraira) said: Then the
person turned back and went away. The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: Bring that man back to me. They (the
Companions of the Holy Prophet present there) went to bring
him back, but they saw nothing there. Upon this the Messenger
of Allah remarked: he was Gabriel, who came to teach the
people their religion.
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Hadith No: 5
Narrated/Authority of
Narrated/Authority of
This hadith is narrated to us on the authority of Muhammad bin
Abdullah bin Numair, on the authority of Muhammad bin Bishr, on
the authority of Abd Hayyan al-Taymi with the exception that
in this narration (instead of the words (Iza Waladat al'amah
rabbaha), the words are (Iza Waladat al'amah Ba'laha), i, e,
when slave-girl gives birth to her master.
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Hadith No: 6
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
Narrated/Authority of Abu Huraira
that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Ask me (about
matters pertaining to religion), but they (the Companions of
the Holy Prophet) were too much overawed out of profound
respect for him to ask him (anything). In the meanwhile a man
came there, and sat near his knees and said: Messenger of
Allah, what is al-lslam? to which he (the Holy Prophet)
replied: You must not associate anything with Allah, and
establish prayer, pay the poor-rate (Zakat) and observe (the
fasts) of Ramadan. He said: You (have) told the truth. He
(again) said: Messenger of Allah, what is al-Iman (the faith)?
He (the Holy Prophet) said: That you affirm your faith in
Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting, His Apostles, and
that you believe in Resurrection and that you believe in Qadr
(Divine Decree) in all its entirety, He (the inquirer) said:
You (have) told the truth. He (again) said: Messenger of
Allah, what is al-Ihsan? Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said:
(Al-Ihsan implies) that you fear Allah as if you are seeing
Him, and though you see Him not, verily He is seeing you. He
(the inquirer) said: You (have) told the truth. He (the
inquirer) said: When there would be the hour (of Doom)? (Upon
this) he (the Holy Prophet said: The one who is being asked
about it is no better informed than the inquirer himself. I,
however, narrate some of its signs (and these are): when you
see a slave (woman) giving birth to her master, that is one
of the signs of (Doom); when you see barefooted, naked, deaf
and dumb (ignorant and foolish persons) as the rulers of the
earth, that is one of the signs of the Doom. And when you see
the shepherds of black camels exult in buildings, that is one
of the signs of Doom. The (Doom) is one of the five things
(wrapped) in the unseen. No one knows them except Allah. Then
(the Holy Prophet) recited (the folowing verse): "Verily
Allah! with Him alone is the knowledge of the hour and He it
is Who sends down the rain and knows that which is in the
wombs and no person knows whatsoever he shall earn on morrow
and a person knows not in whatsoever land he shall die. Verily
Allah is Knowing, Aware. He (the narrator, Abu Huraira) said:
Then the person stood up an (made his way). The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Bring him back to me. He
was searched for, but they (the Companions of the Holy
Prophet) could not find him. The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) thereupon said: He was Gabriel and he wanted to
teach you (things pertaining to religion) when you did not ask
(them yourselves).
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Hadith No: 7
Narrated/Authority of Talha bin Ubaidullah
Narrated/Authority of Talha bin Ubaidullah
that a
person with dishevelled hair, one of the people of Najd, came
to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). We heard
the humming of his voice but could not fully discern what he
had been saying, till he came nigh to the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him). It was then (disclosed to us) that he
was asking questions pertaining to Islam. The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Five prayers during the
day and the night. (Upon this he said: Am I obliged to say any
other (prayer) besides these? He (the Holy Prophet, ) said:
No, but whatever you observe voluntarily, out of your own free
will, and the fasts of Ramadan. The inquirer said: Am I
obliged to do anything else besides this? He (the Holy
Prophet) said: No, but whatever you do out of your own free
will. And the Messenger of Allah told him about the Zakat
(poor-rate). The inquirer said: Am I obliged to pay anything
else besides this? He (the Holy Prophet) said: No, but
whatever you pay voluntarily out of your own free will. The
man turned back and was saying: I would neither make any
addition to this, nor will decrease anything out of it. The
Prophet remarked: He is successful, if he is true to what he
affirms.
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Hadith No: 8
Narrated/Authority of
Narrated/Authority of
Another hadith, the like of which has been narrated by Malik
(b. Anas) (and mentioned above) is also reported by Talha b.
'Ubaidullah, with the only variation that the Holy Prophet
remarked: By his father, he shall succeed if he were true (to
what he professed), or: By his father, he would enter heaven
if he were true (to what he professed).
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Hadith No: 9
Narrated/Authority of Anas bin Malik
Narrated/Authority of Anas bin Malik
that he said:
We were forbidden that we should ask anything (without the
genuine need) from the Holy Prophet. It, therefore, pleased us
that an intelligent person from the dwellers of the desert
should come and asked him (the Holy Prophet) and we should
listen to it. A man from the dwellers of the desert came (to
the Holy Prophet) and said: Muhammad, your messenger came to
us and told us your assertion that verily Allah had sent you
(as a prophet). He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: He told the
truth. He (the bedouin) said: Who created the heaven? He (the
Holy Prophet) replied: Allah. He (the bedouin again) said: Who
created the earth? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Allah. He
(the bedouin again) said: Who raised these mountains and who
created in them whatever is created there? He (the Holy
Prophet) replied: Allah. Upon this he (the bedouin) remarked:
By Him Who created the heaven and created the earth and raised
mountains thereupon, has Allah (in fact) sent you? He (the
Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger
also told us that five prayers (had been made) obligatory for
us during the day and the night. He (the Holy Prophet)
remarked: He told you the truth. He (the bedouin) said: By Him
Who sent you, is it Allah Who ordered you about this (i. e.
prayers)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin)
said: Your messenger told us that Zakat had been made
obligatory in our riches. He (the Holy Prophet) said. He has
told the truth. He (the bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you (as
a prophet), is it Allah Who ordered you about it (Zakat)? He
(the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your
messenger told us that it had been made obligatory for us to
fast every year during the month of Ramadan. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: He has told the truth. He (the bedouin) said:
By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allah Who ordered
you about it (the fasts of Ramadan)? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger also told us
that pilgrimage (Hajj) to the House (of Ka'bah) had been made
obligatory for him who is able to undertake the journey to it.
He (the Holy Prophet) said: Yes. The narrator said that he
(the bedouin) set off (at the conclusion of this answer, but
at the time of his departure) remarked: 'By Him Who sent you
with the Truth, I would neither make any addition to them nor
would I diminish anything out of them. Upon this the Holy
Prophet remarked: If he were true (to what he said) he must
enter Paradise.
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Hadith No: 10
Narrated/Authority of Thabit
Narrated/Authority of Thabit
that Anas said: We
were forbidden in the Holy Qur'an that we should ask about
anything from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
and then Anas reported the hadith in similar words.
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